MFA President and CEO Richard H. Baker congratulated CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo and Commissioners Brian D. Quintenz and Rostin Behnam on their successful Senate confirmations. Baker said MFA Members have a shared “commitment to the CFTC’s important mission of fostering open, competitive and sound markets.”

MFA Launches Institutional Investor Map, Video Series

MFA launched an updated Institutional Investor Map and a new video series featuring institutional investment officers explaining, in their own words, the important role hedge funds play in their institutions’ larger portfolios. Learn more at HedgeFundamentals.org.

MFA Welcomes SEC Chairman Clayton, Discusses Regulatory Priorities

MFA sent SEC Chairman Jay Clayton a letter welcoming him to the Commission as well as commending the leadership of Commissioners Piwowar and Stein for their ongoing work. In the letter, MFA expresses support for efforts to modernize and simplify the regulatory framework for capital markets and asset managers as a way to help fulfill the SEC’s critical mission.

MFA sent CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo a letter congratulating him on his nomination to serve as the next Chair of the CFTC as well as detailing the top regulatory matters with which MFA would like to work on with the CFTC. MFA also applauded Acting Charmin Giancarlo’s Project KISS—Keep It Simple Stupid—initiative and the agency-wide review of CFTC regulations.

MFA Urges CFTC to Abandon Regulation AT

MFA, along with AIMA, today submitted a comment letter to the CFTC outlining concerns with the Commission’s reproposed automated trading regulation. The joint letter urges the CFTC to abandon the current version of the rule and instead take steps to reduce electronic trading risk by implementing risk controls and build on the existing regulatory framework.